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The Papal visit bears three messages: hope, peace and coexistence and it is a “dream come true”. A thank you to the Yazidis for their support over the years. Sunni Muslim: “We want to pray together with Christians”, a stimulus from the Pope “to arise and rebuild”. Continue reading
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By John Davison ALQOSH, Iraq (Reuters) – Nestled in a steep rocky hillside among the remote mountains of northern Iraq, the Rabban Hormizd Monastery has watched Continue reading
NINEVEH PROVINCE, Iraq — Al-Tahira Church in the Nineveh Plains is readying itself for a visitor, in preparations that are far from normal. In its courtyard, workers aren’t sweeping up fine dust, but lifting and sweeping up bits of homes and churches destroyed during the brutal reign of the Islamic State (ISIS). Continue reading
By Charlotte Bruneau MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – In Mosul, adjacent to the Biblical city of Nineveh, four churches representing different denominations occupy a small square Continue reading
Warda said it was “historical and courageous” for the pope to visit Iraq amidst security threats and the COVID-19 pandemic. Wladimir van Wilgenburg
Chaldean Archbishop of Erbil Basha Matti Warda speaks during an interview with Kurdistan 24 (Photo: Kurdistan 24) Continue reading
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Security is being tightened for the Pope’s visit, which begins in Baghdad
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TornosNews.1.5 million Armenians, more than 300,000 Pontic Greeks, and up to another 700,000 other Greeks were massacred
The Dutch parliament passed a widely supported motion calling “on the government to recognize the Armenian Genocide,” greekcitytimes.com reports. Continue reading
‘They have been through so much and this visit is just like God’s answer to them’ By Joyce Coronel
Volunteers secure a placard on a pole along a street in Qaraqosh, Iraq, Feb. 22, 2021. The placard shows the official logo, designed by Ragheed Nenwaya, for Pope Francis’ Continue reading
Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of Mosul was involved in many organizations of peace and dialogue between denominations and religions
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(This March 1 story has been corrected to fix province in paragraph three, amend Chaldean, Assyrian sections)FILE PHOTO: A mural of Pope Francis is seen on the wall of a church upon his upcoming visit to Iraq, in Baghdad, Iraq February 22, 2021. REUTERS/Teba Sadiq/File Photo Continue reading
Landmark trip will include Qaraqosh, where most families fled ISIS yet some are now trying to restore the Christian heartland of the Nineveh Plains.
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The official logo of Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq. Credit: Saint-Adday.
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In a week’s time, Pope Francis is expected to make history by becoming the first pope to travel to Iraq. His March 5-8 trip will take him from excavations of historical biblical Continue reading
Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican,
The head of the Chaldean Catholic Church said he does not believe that the pope will be in danger in Iraq
“He comes to tell us that religion does not divide; quite the opposite, it can unite,” Sako said Continue reading
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By Charlotte Bruneau ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi Christians are busy scrubbing churches, practising hymns and preparing for mass ahead of the first ever papal visit to Continue reading
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A woman walks past a mural of Pope Francis on a wall surrounding a church in Baghdad Feb. 22, 2021. Pope Francis plans to visit Iraq March 5-8. (CNS photo/Khalid al-Mousily, Reuters) Continue reading
MOSUL, Iraq — Now in his seventies, Joseph Gabriel has decided to return to his damaged house in Mosul, despite the property’s uninhabitable state.ISIS militants had taken hold of the property during their three year tenure in the city. Like many other residents of the city, the Christian local has yet to receive financial assistance to repair Continue reading
Agence France-Presse The Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul Najeeb Michaeel, is pictured inside the church of Mar Addai in Karamlesh, a town near the northern city of Mosul where his archpatriarcate is based, on February 2, 2021. From Mosul’s rubble-strewn streets to ancient churches at Karamlesh, badly damaged by the Islamic State Continue reading
Two decades of violence have decimated Iraq’s historic Christian community AHMAD AL-RUBAYE AFP/File
Baghdad (AFP)Some fled after the US-led invasion, others during sectarian bloodshed and more following jihadist attacks. Iraq’s last two violent decades have hollowed out its Continue reading